On 11.10.2011, at 17:17, Amos Blanton wrote: > Is it that easy?! That would be so great... :) > > However, it looks like "all" means all architectures, and we don't expect > it'll work on stuff like powerpc.
Why wouldn't it? Works fine on ARM (e.g. OLPC XO-1.75 using the Fedora-packaged Squeak VM). Any 32 bit architecture should be fine. > Also, the plugins won't compile properly for 64 bit architectures AFAIK. I > think that's our roadblock. Yes, although Dave made some progress there. - Bert - > Do you think it's worth trying i386,x86_64 ? Is that an option? > > On 10/11/2011 08:40 AM, Juha Erkkilä wrote: >> Hi, I just found this software called scratch, and I noticed that >> on page http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Scratch_on_Linux you recommend >> installing it on 64-bit AMD-architecture with: >> >> sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i ./scratch_1.4.0.1-0ubuntu5_i386.deb >> >> If that works, then files in package are very likely architecture >> independent, and it would be better to simply create a debian-package >> that installs without that "--force-architecture"-switch. >> >> You can do this by changing the line "Architecture: i386" >> to "Architecture: all" in >> http://ppa.launchpad.net/scratch/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/s/scratch/scratch_1.4.0.1-0ubuntu5.diff.gz >> (or from where that is generated, actually), and building >> a new package. This makes the package architecture independent, >> and installing it on 64-bit will not be such a hassle. >> >> Juha > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~scratch > Post to : scratch@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~scratch > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~scratch Post to : scratch@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~scratch More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp